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Step 3. Select Ubuntu or MAAS

(Metal As A Service)
You will then have a list of various platforms to install
Ubuntu. You can select the �rst choice which is to install
Ubuntu normally on a PC or Install MAAS which facilitates
cloud provisioning for Physical Servers.

Select the �rst choice and hit ENTER.

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Step 4. Network Settings

At this point, select the network adapter and accept the IP
address if your system is in a network with a DHCP server.
Alternatively, you can choose to manually con�gure the IP
address. In this example, the server has obtained IP
10.0.2.15 from a DHCP server using the network adapter
enp0s3

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Step 5. Proxy Settings

The next screen will require you to input your proxy server
address. If none is available, Hit ENTER to move to the next
step

Step 6. Select network mirror

You can leave the default mirror selected or if you wish, you
can change to your preferred choice.

Step 7. Hard Disk Setup

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This section prompts you on how to use your hard disk

during the installation. You can choose to use the entire disk
if no other operating system is installed or you can opt to
con�gure manually and make a few adjustments.

Step 8. Choose hard disk to

install to
Next, select the hard disk you are going to install Ubuntu
server 18.04 on. In this case, I’m using VirtualBox to install
Ubuntu server 18.04.

If you have multiple hard drives, they will be listed for you to
select.

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Step 9. File System Summary

Verify that everything is OK and click done.

If you noticed that you made a mistake and need to make

further adjustments, hit ‘BACK’.

If you want to start all over with the disk setup and
partitioning, hit ‘RESET‘

Step 10. con�rm changes

To Con�rm changes made to the hard disk, hit ‘CONTINUE’.

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This action will mark the beginning of the installation

process.

Step 11. Provide User Login

credentials
Provide the necessary login credentials and hit ‘DONE‘

Step 12. Select Server snaps

This is a new step in the installation of Ubuntu Server. This
step allows you to choose from a list of selected Server

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snaps. What this means is that you can choose to have a

pre-con�gured server. some of the choices include

• Next cloud
• Docker
• Canonical Live patch
• Kubernetes

Select your preferred choice, or if you do not wish to have

any of them, simply hit ENTER.

The installation process will begin. This will take about 10

minutes although it also depends on the RAM and CPU of
your server.

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Step 13. Complete the

Installation
Finally, the installation will wrap up and you will be
prompted to reboot your server! Hit  ‘REBOOT‘ and remove
the installation media. VirtualBox will automatically do this
for you.

Step 13. Log in to the server

A black console will appear prompting for your username
and password. Provide the credentials you created earlier.

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Thereafter, update and upgrade the repositories to their

latest de�nitions.

sudo su

apt update && apt upgrade

Conclusion
We have �nally installed, updated and upgraded our Ubuntu
server 18.04! Fanstatic. In our next tutorial, we will look at
how you can install lightweight desktop environments for
our server. This will be bene�cial for those who love the look
and feel of the GUI environment.

Thanks for your time and keep it here for more useful
tutorials!

About James
Hey there! This is James, a Linux
administrator and a tech enthusiast. I love
experimenting with various distributions of
Linux and keeping tabs on what's new in the
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